April and May are the best times to watch azaleas. There are five great places to watch azaleas around Chengdu. Do you guys know which scenic spots they are? If you don’t know, let’s take a look! The recommended attractions are introduced in detail below! 1. Mount Emei
Where can you see azaleas in Mount Emei:
1. Around May, when azaleas bloom most prosperously, walk from Baoguo Temple to the 3,099-meter Ten Thousand Buddhas Rhododendrons can be seen almost all the way to the top;
2. Azalea Ping and the adjacent Leidongping are areas where azaleas are concentrated, forming the Emei landscape of "Azalea Sea"
p>3. April to May in Leidongping and May to June in Wanfoding are the best times to enjoy azaleas.
Azaleas, also known as "Azaleas" by Buddhists in Mount Emei, grow from Baoguo Temple at an altitude of 500 meters to Wanfoding at an altitude of 3,099 meters. Various types of azaleas bloom one after another, competing for beauty, so there are Known as the Cuckoo Kingdom. Currently, as many as 30 species of azaleas have been discovered in Mount Emei, among which "Emei Bright Rhododendron", "Emei Rhododendron with Wave Leaves", "Emei Rhododendron with Wave Leaves", "Emei Silver-leaf Rhododendron" are unique to Mount Emei.
There are many varieties of azaleas in Mount Emei, with different colors and shapes. The first to bloom is the "Big Bell Rhododendron" in Jiulaodong and Huayanding areas. It is famous at home and abroad for its early blooming, large flowers and beautiful color. Every year in March of spring, when the ice and snow gradually melt, it is placed alone on the top of Huayan. It is known as "the mountains are green and the bushes are a little red".
The "Beauty Rhododendron" that blooms in the Mahayana Temple, Leidongping, and Gongbei Mountain areas is commonly known as "Beauty Red". Its large leaves and colorful flowers dominate the crowd. The most breathtaking thing is the "gorgeous azalea" blooming on the cliff above the sea of ??clouds. The auspicious clouds gather and disperse under your feet, and the azalea blooms brilliantly around you. You will feel as if you are in a fairy's back garden. 2. Xinjin Flower Dance World
In the coming March, patches of azaleas will also bloom one after another, and more than 100 kinds of flowers such as peach blossoms, pear blossoms, and crabapples will show their beauty to people in various forms. Showing off one's own grace and announcing the arrival of spring to people. Tourists wandered in this beautiful sea of ??flowers, bathed in the sunshine, and enjoyed the charming spring scenery.
Tickets: 90 yuan/person 3. Hailuogou
Hailuogou is the closest low-altitude modern marine glacier to the big city and the easiest to enter. It is an ecologically intact virgin forest and It is a comprehensive tourist scenic spot composed of alpine boiling, hot, warm and cold springs. In addition to these, the rhododendrons in the scenic spot are also unique. They will bloom one after another from April to October every year.
The Gongga Mountains with Hailuogou as the core is the area with the most concentrated distribution of wild rhododendrons in the world. There are about 68 species of wild rhododendrons distributed in this area. It has long been recognized as the world's most famous place for rhododendron distribution. and center of origin. April to August every year is the season when azaleas bloom in the Hailuogou area. From low to high, many places in the Hengduan Mountains become a sea of ??blooming azaleas.
The beautiful azaleas will bloom and decorate Hailuogou into a colorful world. During the May Day holiday every year, visitors to Hailuogou can see not only the spectacular glaciers but also the spectacular alpine rhododendrons. At the same time, Hailuogou in summer is a world of wild flowers. From March to October every year, from the river valleys with an altitude of 1,000 meters to the high mountains with an altitude of 5,000 meters, various wild flowers such as elegant Kangding magnolias, beautiful azaleas, and holy lilies compete for beauty. Friends who like flowers cannot miss it. Beautiful view here. 4. Mugecuo
There is a beautiful legend about Dujuan in Kangding - "Dujuan" was originally a queen at the foot of Gongga Mountain. She died of melancholy because she missed her loving husband, and finally turned into blood. The drops fell around Qianpu Gorge in Kangding Love Song Scenic Area, and finally bloomed into pieces of red flowers. In order to commemorate their loyal and beautiful love story, later generations called these blood-stained red flowers "azaleas".
The azalea is known as the "Sage of Love among Flowers". The beautiful view of the sea of ??azaleas in Kangding Love Song Scenic Area lasts for 4 months, and the beautiful scenery stays for a long time. May and June every year are the season when rhododendrons bloom on the snow-covered plateau. In the Mugecuo Scenic Area in Garze Prefecture, it is not only the hometown of Kangding Love Songs, but also a sea of ??snow-covered rhododendrons.
The best place to enjoy azaleas in the Mugecuo Scenic Area is in the "Dujuan Gorge". Dujuan Gorge is connected to the Seven Color Sea in the east and the Savage Sea in the west. The canyon is 8 kilometers long.
During the flowering season, the azaleas bloom in various shapes and colors, and the canyon presents a rich original natural scenery. Walking in this world full of flowers and the canyon is a sea of ??flowers, it really feels like you are in a paradise.
Other important activities during the Alpine Rhododendron Festival
Mugecuo Scenic Area, also known as Kangding Love Song Scenic Area, will hold the Kangding Love Song Mountain Tour from May 27th to 29th. Contents Including the traditional Buddha bathing activities of the Paoma Mountain Mountain Reunion Meeting; May 20, a day with a homophonic meaning of "I love you", will be carried out at the holy lake of Mugecuo, Kangding Love Song Scenic Area, with the theme of "Meet Kangding and Witness Love". If you are interested, don’t miss it. 5. Xiling Snow Mountain
As the saying goes: "April is snowing and azaleas are blooming, and spring is coming to Xiling on May Day. You can watch the sunrise from the top of the Riyue Ping, and bathe in the light of Buddha in the realm of yin and yang." You can travel to Xiling Snow Mountain Entering a colorful new world, swimming in the sea of ??azaleas that stretches for dozens of miles will make you dazzled and overwhelmed.
The flower viewing period is from March to August
The red azaleas
Every year from March to August, they bloom sequentially from low mountainous areas to high mountainous areas, and the flowering period is as long as For five months. Flowers bloom like plates. A bunch can range from a few flowers to dozens of flowers. The flowers are nestled together and surrounded by bunches. The red ones are like fire and the white ones are like snow. What's even more surprising is that there are many colors of flowers, which are extremely bright. The largest trees are 10 meters high and more than 100 centimeters in diameter. The branches are intertwined, or curved and spiral, or grow on top of each other, or are wrapped in vine leaves. No one knows how many years they have spent in this mountain. This season is the time when mountain wonders such as sunrise, sea of ??clouds, Yin and Yang Realm, and Buddha's light in the forest often appear. The 2,500-meter-long viewing cableway in the scenic area with the highest drop of 1,000 meters connects the Riyueping Scenic Area with an altitude of 3,250 meters and the skiing ( The grassland and grassland are integrated into one, and in just 40 minutes, the mountain scenery of the primeval forest is presented to you. 6. Dagu Glacier
The Dagu Glacier is located on the Dagu Snow Mountain in Sandagu Village, Luhua Town, Heishui County, at an altitude of 3800-5100 meters. The top of Dagu Snow Mountain is covered with snow all year round and is majestic. The peaks are well-proportioned and shine brightly under the sunlight, making it very spectacular. Modern mountain glaciers with a thickness of 60-200 meters develop on the north and south slopes of the snow-capped mountains. The three most spectacular glaciers, namely No. 1, 2 and 3 glaciers, cover an area of ??about 8.25 square kilometers and are the soul of the entire scenic spot. The glacier scenic area has good environmental protection and a complete resource mix. There are modern mountain glaciers, waterfalls, lakes, virgin forests, tracts of rhododendron forests and dotted meadows. In addition, the visibility rate of wild animals in the scenic area is extremely high, and often It will bring unexpected surprises to tourists.
Through the vast sea of ????forests, between 3800 and 4200 meters above sea level is another masterpiece of the Dagu Glacier Scenic Area - thousands of acres of alpine rhododendron forest. From May to June of the next year, you can enjoy the rhododendrons. In the best season, you can see azaleas blooming all over the mountains and plains. The red and white petals look very noble and elegant against the green leaves, just like pots of natural bonsai. When the mountain breeze blows, the azaleas sway with the wind, as if welcoming guests from afar. People are surprised and can't help but be impressed by its tenacious vitality.
Experts from the Institute of Biology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences believe that the alpine rhododendrons in Dagu Glacier have many varieties, are large in scale, and are highly ornamental, making them a unique sight in the scenic spot. The larch, which is more than 400 years old, is not only widely distributed in the wild, but also distributed at high altitudes of more than 4,200 meters. It may become a botanical miracle. As a rare species under national second-level protection, single-leaf grass is the loneliest plant in the world of blooming flowers and luxuriant branches. In terms of flowers, it has only one flower and several leaves, only one. It is really "lonely". A flower with a single leaf and a blade of grass.” 7. Guangwu Mountain
Guangwu Mountain in spring is not only a sea of ??azaleas and a world of azaleas, but also an original ecological tourism where towering ancient trees gather, mountains, rivers, forest caves are reflected, and rare birds and animals inhabit. Scenic spots. There are 195 species of wild animals in the territory, 46 species of rare plants such as yew, ginkgo, maple, and red birch, more than 400 square kilometers of virgin forest, and more than 20 square kilometers of "living fossils" Bashan, water and green hills during the Ice Age, forming rich natural landscape resources. , known as "an important biological gene bank in the mountainous area on the northern edge of the Sichuan Basin", "
the natural landscape scenic spot with the highest resource quality in northeastern Sichuan" and "the most original ecological tourist attraction in China".
The ecological culture is beautiful and unique.
Landscapes such as Longjia Yanyun, Bashanbei Erge, and Guangwu Mountain Giant Buddha are subtle and lifelike. They are gradually becoming an important domestic tourist destination for "viewing mountain flowers in spring, landscapes in summer, red leaves in autumn, and ice hangings in winter."
Guangwu Mountain has a pleasant climate, can be visited in all seasons, and has convenient transportation from south to north, making it an ideal tourist destination.